One of the most underrated #Python modules?

**`turtle`**

We know it's used for teaching & not in the "real-world"

But it's usually used only for basic drawings & simple animations for kids–a very limited scope

_We can teach more advanced topics, too…_

Here are some examples…

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# 1. Data structures: lists, tuples, dictionaries, and sets

Here's an animation that uses all four of these structures:

_[Practise Using Lists, Tuples, Dictionaries, and Sets in Python With the Chaotic Balls Animation](https://thepythoncodingbook.com/2021/10/31/using-lists-tuples-dictionaries-and-sets-in-python/)_

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# 2. Named Tuples

And a bit further down the line, here's an example of a `turtle` animation of a sunrise that introduces Named Tuples:

_[Sunrise: A Python Turtle Animation using Named Tuples](https://thepythoncodingbook.com/2022/06/12/python-turtle-animation-using-named-tuples-sunrise/)_

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# 3. Demonstrating real-world processes

Maybe we want to use it model real-world processes in a quick-and-simple way.

Here is a demonstration of "simulating" bouncing balls

There's the single ball version:
_[The Real World in Python: Coding A Bouncing Ball](https://thepythoncodingbook.com/2021/08/19/simulating-a-bouncing-ball-in-python/)_

and the many balls one which deals with **object-oriented programming**:
_[Bouncing Balls Using Object-Oriented Programming in Python](https://thepythoncodingbook.com/2021/09/09/using-object-oriented-programming-in-python-bouncing-balls/)

And, one of my favourites, a simulations of planets orbiting one or more stars. The `turtle` version is in 2D:
_[Simulating Orbiting Planets in a Solar System Using Python](https://thepythoncodingbook.com/2021/09/29/simulating-orbiting-planets-in-a-solar-system-using-python-orbiting-planets-series-1/)_

_There's also a 3D version which uses Matplotlib instead of turtle, but that's off-topic here so I'll post another time_

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Here are some more ideas from projects I've written up recently

https://thepythoncodingbook.com/category/turtle/

I have loads and loads more which I'll try to write up and publish in the coming months

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